BIG LIE, THE


Meaning of BIG LIE, THE in English

{n.}, {informal} A major, deliberate misrepresentation of some important issue made on the assumption that a bold, gross lie is psychologically more believable than a timid, minor one. * /We all heard the big lie during the Watergate months./ * /The pretense of democracy by a totalitarian regime is part of the big lie about its government./

Slang English vocab.      Английский сленговый словарь.